Ancient Women Philosophers

Lasthenia of Mantinea

Lasthenia was a Mantinean from Arcadia, who lived ca 4th B.C. She was one of Plato's disciples. Plato was often regarded as a Pytharorean, so often Lasthenia is referred to as a Pythagorean.[1] She was a student of Speusippus along with Axiothea of Philesia.[2]

1. Menage, Gilles. The History of Women Philosophers. Trans. By Beatrice H. Zedler. (New York: University Press of America, 1984).